Stim, stims or stimming is short for "self stimulation". Almost everyone does it(tapping feet, cracking knuckles, twiddling thumbs), but in autistic people these behaviors are more pronounced and may seem downright strange. Autistic people often engage in stimming when they are stressed, to self regulate and sometimes to express emotion.
Common autistic stims are: rocking back and forth, headbanging(not the music kind), finger flicking/rippling, spinning, humming, repeating words or sounds and complex body contortions.
Common autistic stims are: rocking back and forth, headbanging(not the music kind), finger flicking/rippling, spinning, humming, repeating words or sounds and complex body contortions.
Good music makes me stim a lot.
Stimming shouldn't be discouraged, it's a means for me to understand my environment.
Stimming shouldn't be discouraged, it's a means for me to understand my environment.
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I'm sure you did swimmingly on the SAT.
by UpTheBixe June 29, 2005
Get the swimmingly mug.When someone bitches, complains or refuses to use their local swimming pool for whatever reason. Often an excuse for lack of swimming skill or ability. Local swimming pool bitching is the lowest of the low and should not be tolerated in modern society.
Toby: why don't you swim at your local pool?
Elliot: because I have no common sense and I drive 15miles to an Identicle cuboid full of water.
Toby: what's wrong with the local pool?
Elliot: I dislike the Shape.
Toby: stop local swimming pool bitching, fuck a dog
Elliot: because I have no common sense and I drive 15miles to an Identicle cuboid full of water.
Toby: what's wrong with the local pool?
Elliot: I dislike the Shape.
Toby: stop local swimming pool bitching, fuck a dog
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joel; hey man! just keep swimming!
tyler; alright.......i will.
joel; hey man! just keep swimming!
tyler; alright.......i will.
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Get the swimming mug.The most beast sport out there. Swimmers get no time outs, no substitutions, and no water breaks. We train twice a day and have already put in a good 2 hours before you lazy soccer players hall your fat butts out of bed. Swimmers- six packs, chlorine addicted people that admit that they have no life, but at least they don't go running after balls all day like soccer players.
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